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Salmon Country: A History of the Pacific Salmon by Robert H. Busch

ISBN: 9781552631621

Salmon Country celebrates the majestic life of the Pacific salmon. Known as the "Spirit of the Pacific," this noble species has been a source of inspiration to naturalists, sportsmen and philosophers alike for centuries.

The annual migration of salmon is one of the Pacific Northwest's greatest wildlife wonder. Each year thousands of tourists flock to British Columbia's Adams River valley to marvel at the sight of thousands of bright red sockeye returning to nest in their native spawning grounds.

What was once a plentiful resource, however, is quickly becoming an endangered species. The Pacific salmon industry is in trouble. Over the past few years, the salmon crisis has been featured regularly in the news more than ever before as politicians, Natives and fishers around the world fight over the remains of what was once the richest fishing industry in North America.

In Salmon Country, dedicated naturalist Robert H. Busch chronicles the tragic demise of the North American Pacific salmon industry, Illustrated with 30 beautiful photographs, Salmon Country is an engaging and heartfelt look at the natural history of the Pacific salmon and the future of the Pacific salmon industry. A wonderful companion for naturalists and armchair nature-lovers.

Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated History by Andrew Barbour

ISBN: 9780862413729

Beautiful and graceful in form, a ancient symbol of re-generation, a sporting prize, a culinary delicacy -- this is the Atlantic Salmon.

Each year this extraordinary creature returns from across the Atlantic to spawn in the rivers of Europe, but numbers appear to be decreasing and the reasons why are not clearcut. Salmon farmers, anglers and netsmen all blame each other -- the truth may implicate everyone.

The angling, netting and farming industries combine to make the salmon a multi-million pound resource. These interests have also ensured that it is the subject of intense research into its intriguing biology, with its astonishing migratory patterns and, of course, its spectacular waterfall acrobatics.

To the layperson, the salmon has a distinct and romantic character. Andrew Barbour's book provides us with a unique photographic record of its natural history, a story spanning the ages and demonstrating that, despite the dramatic impact of twentieth-century methods of exploitation, the salmon will always deserve its title, 'the king of fish'.